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The study deals with the phenomenon of so-called black sheeps in Czech national society. Emphasis is placed on individuals born in the environment of prominent Czech families between the 1840s and the 1850s. The first part of the study outlines the typology of the black sheep, their motivation leading to the definition of the established conventions of the middle and upper classes of society, and...